Posted By Robert S Woods How much diesel can you store without requiring a licence. Can anyone provide any other relevant info? Thanks in advance Bob

Posted By Robert S Woods Just the sort of info I'm looking for. It's my understanding that no more that 50 litres of highly inflamable liquid can be stored on site unless it is in an approved store with a licence from the Fire Brigade. I would appreciate any further info. Bob

Posted By Heather Aston Bob We're now talking about three different things at once, so bear with me and I will explain why - as I said - you do not need a licence. Once upon a time there was a nonsense regime, which meant you needed a licence to store "petroleum spirit" whether in tanks or containers. This applied even if all you dd was store toluene in 25 litre drums (as we did). It was under the old Petroleum Consolidation Act and involved applying for a Petroleum Licence. In latter days it was regulated by Trading Standards, which was fun! Any other type of Hi-flam (note that diesel IS NOT hi flam - its flash point is too high) was covered by the highly flammable liquids regs, which among other things said that you were not supposed to store more than 50 litres in any workroom - there's your 50l figure. It did not require a licence, so you could store, for example, MEK in bulk and have no licence. Common sense finally prevailed and the whole lot was replaced by DSEAR - no licences required and risk assessment-based. A petroleum licence is still required for bulk storage of fuels for dispensing into motor vehicles - i.e. garages. All other petroleum licences have lapsed as they ran out and have been replaced by DSEAR assessments. Now, the "new regs" which the previous poster refers to aren't new at all. They are the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regs 2001 and their last section comes into force in September this year. This relates to the storage of oil (including diesel and petrol) in containers of 200l (45 gall) or more and it is mainly involved with the adequacy of bunding and/or bulk tanks to prevent leaks. They DO NOT require licensing. Frankly, anyone storing oil unbunded in the 21st century wants shooting anyway! I seem to have gone on a bit here, but I hope that helps! Heather

Posted By Jonathan Breeze Bob, As long as you realise you WILL need a licence for the gun! Just to reiterate the EA website is fantastic for guidance notes on bunding etc.

Posted By Heather Aston Bob I suggest a bright yellow supersoaker water pistol. No licence required and much more fun. Heather

Posted By Jonathan Breeze Yeah, but only if they're in a bund!

Posted By Jonathan Breeze And the bund can contain 10% more than the quantity of diesel squirted... Oh, and you've done your risk assessment... And implemented the findings... Which may include substitution with a less hazardous alternative... Such as water.

Posted By Heather Aston Michelle I assume it has some bunding already so we won't have to shoot you? Seriously though if you haven't looked at the EA site as suggested above try http://www.environment-a...t=&searchfor=oil+storage and follow the link to PPG 02. (or just go to the home pafe and search for PPG02) It has clear,concise information and good diagrams. Note it's not a requirement to bund all pipework - the guidance note makes it clear what's required. I would have thought that if you really need to store that much fuel oil (heating?) then it would be cheaper to bund properly than to replace the tank? Heather